You have the instinct.
Now get the certainty.
New plant. Underperforming subsidiary. Technology to reposition.
Don't make this decision without seeing the full picture.
DEVOUR | Food & Flavour Consulting
That moment
you know so well…
Your team is excellent — but impossible to free up 8 to 12 weeks to dig in.
Investment is spread across too many platforms
and none is reaching the scale it needs.
You have the instinct. But you want external validation
before committing millions.
Promising trials keep not converting into
repeat orders. The pipeline moves, revenue doesn't.
The data is there — scattered across teams.
Nobody has the full picture.
And as decisions move through the org,
the growth logic loses coherence.
You want someone who will also tell you "no"
when that is the right answer.
And help you plan for the next 3–5 years
in a market that is not growing.
What we bring
A structured external perspective, grounded in fieldwork.
In 8 to 12 weeks, we turn your most complex question
into a decision you can defend in front of
your board or investors.
Jérôme Dupont
Strategy & business case
20+ years natural ingredients
Stéphan Verdier
Technology architecture & industrialisation
25+ years biotech & materials
Jamie Rice
Market intelligence & storytelling
20+ years food & ingredients
How we work
1
Fieldwork: plants,
subsidiaries, clients
2
Structured options
and tested hypotheses
3
Board-ready
business case
What our clients have achieved with us
€50M
Validated investment
Mixed faba bean process — market, technology,
environmental and ROI scenarios compared
before decision.
→ profitable
Subsidiary turned around
Chronically loss-making subsidiary turned
profitable in 12 months via a new
distribution model.
order book full
Unstoppable demand
"The plant can't keep up with demand" —
a pricing strategy on a sourdough range
created unexpected traction.
C-suite buy-in
Biotech transformation
End-to-end biotech pivot — cross-functional
team assembled, leadership buy-in secured.
downstream pivot
Against Asian competition
Downstream diversification to counter
Asian competition, hidden complexities
anticipated upfront.
6 markets
Priorities clarified
Priority market mapping: vanilla, proteins,
chitin-glucan, TiO₂ alternatives.
We help food, flavour and ingredient companies make their highest-stakes decisions with clarity — turning complex questions into sharp, board-ready business cases.